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I certainly wasn't looking for a husband when I first came to Japan. I was looking for adventure, for world travel and for job experience. I'd never been in such a foreign place before. Sometimes it was seriously like visiting Mars because of how completely different and opposite things are between Japan and America. Not only in the cultural surroundings of places and things but people as well. I'm still not sure why I fell so easily for you. You weren't the typical Japanese man. In my eyes you were stronger, more interesting, more masculine and more international. In you I saw a larger world. It wasn't until after we were married that I found out what my life would be like as a wife of a Japanese man living in Japan. I was never so alone and such an outsider as I became after we were married. Sometimes the differences are too overwhelming. I've wanted to give up so many times and just go home. But I didn't. And after we had our children, I couldn't. This year we will celebrate our 17th anniversary. We don't have the fairytale marriage that young girls dream of. But we are a family, we have fun and we have stability. I've often wondered where I would be if I hadn't said yes and returned to Japan to marry you. Would I have traveled to other countries as I dreamed of? Would I have stayed at home in America and married someone from my own country and culture. What kind of man and life would I have chosen? But I did say yes. I chose you.Our vowsI take you to be my husband,from this time onward,to join with you and to shareall that is to come,to give and to recieve,to speak and to listen,to inspire and to respond,and in all circumstances of our life togetherto be loyal to youwith my whole life and with all my beinguntil death parts us.Credits:papers and elements from Vintage Rose by Jennifer Labre Designssilver frame from Cherish by Jennifer Labre Designspage template from Honey Pots part 5 by Busy Bee Designsfont is Aquarelle


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